How They Did It - Growing Up Aztec

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Research: Sean Kiskel
Script: Invicta
Editing: Invicta
Artwork: Beverly Johnson
Music: iCentury
Bibliography:
Aguilar-Moreno 2006 Handbook to Life in the Aztec World Oxford. University Press
Berdan and Anawalt 1997 The Essential Codex Mendoza. U California Press Berkeley
Duran 1579 Book of the Gods and Rites and the Ancient Calendar Horacasitas and Heyden trans. 1977. U Oklahoma Press
Sahagun 1569 General History of the Things of New Spain, Book 2: The Ceremonies, Anderson and Dibble 1981 trans. U Utah Press
Sahagun 1569 General History of the Things of New Spain, Books 4 & 5: The Soothsayers and The Omens, Anderson and Dibble 1979 trans. U Utah Press
Sahagun 1569 General History of the Things of New Spain, Book 6: Rhetoric and Moral Philosphy, Anderson and Dibble 1969 trans. U Utah Press
#HowTheyDidIt
#AztecHistory

[@InvictaHistory]

I love this kind of everyday history! What other kinds of people would you like to see in a "Growing Up" series?

[@thompkins6796]

It's great! Everyday history is where the ancient world comes alive for me because it's about the 99% of a society and not just Great Men and war. Please continue this series! And I would love it if you looked into Australian Aborigines or merchant children.

[@drawnseeker]

Maybe Growing up in the Empire of Mali or Growing up in Silla Dynasty Korea?

[@PappiOslo]

Romans!

[@TheAidiwashere]

Vikings

[@InvictaHistory]

@@PappiOslo this is a pretty obvious one that I am very excited to do

[@LacedWithOreos]

Imagine just being born and you're a shivering, wailing infant and the lady that helped birth you starts going 'life is misery and suffering, you will struggle and it can be very dark' and you're just laying there in her arms like 'babowuhwuu.'??

[@aceofspades4930]

They did not sugar coat reality even for newborns 😂

[@r.c.whitaker296]

Hahaha 😁

[@chynnavindiola58]

She holds you, looks deep into your eyes "listen kid... Life is gonna suck. Lol"

[@boring.3486]

I can respect that lol

[@okestperson6016]

If the child died during the speech was that seen as the baby being like 'nope I don't want to live like this I'm out'

[@noxaurum1]

"The midwife greeted the infant with a long speech warning of the sorrows and dangers of life." metal af

[@anacy7660]

That'sWhatSheSaid it’s a whole mood tho

[@MrKanti-yy5ux]

Should honestly be a yearly practice on one's birthday. Hey, reminder.

[@kevinkevin9525]

Your parents didn't do this to you too?

[@Arendium]

Honestly mexican are pretty metal

[@mazapan133]

@@Arendium yo prefiero la madera

[@anayahjohnson2993]

I wish my mother warned me about the hardships of life, even if I was 30 minutes old

[@valarie22]

true! i wouldve told her to just drown me

[@necromaniaa]

aisha daisuki LMFOSJFODKF ME TOO

[@therealmistermemer]

@@valarie22 and thats how the myth of la llorona was created

[@Barten0071]

Mom: life is pain Kid: then why you made me?

[@NoodleErik]

@@Barten0071 anti natalism...

[@walmartian]

"boys might be named after clothing" i would like you to meet my sons, shoe and pants

[@dang2320]

My son's name is Levi 569 relaxed fit.

[@Tabby1]

Yes. Wonderful to meet them! Meet my boys Bra, Sock and Jumper.

[@samaraisnt]

VanDyke and Cordouroy. :)

[@simmi6348]

"Have anyone seen my son sock??"

[@panzerschliffehohenzollern4863]

@@simmi6348 Your son socks or your son named sock?

[@kekzealot3568]

There's no better name for a school than a house of tears

[@michalinaagiewka6873]

I know right??? I laughed so hard when I heard the comparison to the house of youth and how it was much less strict, sounds about right.

[@Jobe-13]

Yeah 😂

[@amethyst_cat9532]

I mean it’s not inaccurate

[@t3rror5am]

They loved the truth remember lol and that hold true to this day

[@Roblox2025]

House of brain drain

[@humblesoldier5474]

Pillow Fights: Boys used Soft Grass filled sacks. Girls used Cactus thorns... One of these things is not like the others.

[@samantha123d]

Respect whamens

[@disruptivetimes8738]

Things never change.

[@dbprice100]

One of these things is not like the others...LOL, good one.

[@enriquegarcia2790]

Women are softer and need to be protected more,...... some would say, others would call that "sexiest"...... For some reason.

[@banned7182]

Because they see it as a bad thing which is untrue even though it's ok because we are not equal completely.(my mistake)

[@skidadleghostidadle1726]

concept: a highschool coming of age movie but theyre aztecs

[@RodrigoMera]

There is actually a kind of pornographic book called "Aztec" which describes all of this.

[@bluesummers5051]

skidadle ghostidadle I’d pay for that

[@Monkeyonasuit]

There already is one. It's called Apocalypto

[@farah4l]

@@kaistzar2831 nah that was based on the incans

[@Arendium]

@@farah4l Mayans*

[@nayeliwhite242]

Oh my gosh! Mexican here, when you said they threw their baby teeth into mouse holes, something clicked! In Mexico our "tooth fairy" is called "El Raton" which directly translates to the rat. So it seems this piece of Aztec culture has made it all the way into the 21st century. So cool!

[@sunrisemellows1600]

Yes omg!! I remember when I was yonger my grandparents told me El Raton was going to take my teeth that had fallen out and I was terrified haha. I wondered why we never called it the “tooth fairy” but it’s because ours is quite different!!

[@lucario2188]

No, it translate to the mouse, the rat is female and El raton is male word.

[@astrolillo]

@@lucario2188 no solo eso un raton es un diferente animal a una rata.. y es el raton perez...pero..whitexicans gonna whitexican

[@potentialcaroozin2385]

this is the same in honduras haha, but we had maya civilization, im sure it was easy for the idea to have traveled though, proximity and all that.

[@Jorora]

Well our culture is Aztec culture just as much as it’s also Spanish culture so of course it would’ve made it to today. If your look at the foods they ate compare to the foods we eat our dishes have a lot more in common with Aztec dishes. Growing up Mexican you don’t really realize how much of your culture is actually derived from nahua speaking peoples but we are literally called Mexican which is what the Aztecs called themselves, the Mexica

[@indigo-streak9912]

Imagine just being a helpless, wailing, newborn baby and some woman you've literally never met and can't even see just lifts you up over her head and says: "Listen kid, life's gonna suck." -Beginning of an Aztec

[@theresahall8206]

Well life has ups and downs and I doubt they told only the bad.

[@Arendium]

At least it was honest.

[@wolfzmusic9706]

so annoying when you read comments that are incredibly similar. be original.

[@moonkingkei5547]

Wolfz Music What do you expect? 3.4K people commented on this video, and the video doesn’t exactly cover that many individual topics. It’s only natural to comment on the most outrageous things that the narrator said.

[@wolfzmusic9706]

MoonKingKei i think the comment was a copy though. like it was worded incredibly similar to another comment so it just seems like they copied it but changed a word or two

[@OutOfNamesToChoose]

Sounds like the Aztecs had a really high pain tolerance by the time that they were adults

[@NCXitlali]

That's nothing. The priest were masochistic

[@anarchism]

@@NCXitlali they were, may be. but to their culture it was morally important to have people who could stand pain for the good of others. dealing with pain was something sacred for all cultures back then. even christians did it at the same time

[@Dan-yd4dx]

Kids be brats sometimes, no matter where or when

[@jshadowhunter]

Imagine the marshmallowy people we have in today's society getting pricked once on the finger.

[@NCXitlali]

@@anarchism no, I mean, just imagine when they were high off their asses during battle. Some of them were even able to lop horses head's off. Keep in mind the average height of both the Spanish and Aztecs were around 5"4 during those days.

[@christiandennis5451]

Meanwhile, Somewhere out there a mouse king watches this video on his throne made of discarded aztec baby teeth.

[@KR77.2]

Juan Sotelo I guessed that ! I always wondered why we had mice instead of fairies, all in all a nice custom.

[@user-qw7sx7nn6n]

Many russian kids also believe in mice and not tooth fairies!

[@Emma-lc7cx]

So does south africa

[@amaliasilva7518]

I invented a story about an Aztec baby girl called Tecciztli, meaning “snail” for being very calm and slow. She misspelled her grandpa’s name, “Coli”, and instead called him cocolli: “twisted”.

[@crishell9652]

I'm from the North eastern part of India, we're mostly tribals and I grew up with this 'teeth for mice' tradition as well

[@ccchk1]

This is so interesting. Why isnt there a movie with young Aztecs characters. Imagine being able to see the city Tenochtitlan in a movie.

[@Hi-tv6lx]

I remember I would see Aztec themed movies growing up because my dad would watch them but they were all in Spanish and meant for Mexican/Hispanic viewers.

[@Arendium]

Because people here doesn't really care about culture nor art right now.

[@kthemaster1999]

@@Arendium Right now people right now have nothing better to do than culture and art. Especially movies and TV

[@lol3367]

@XDranzer000 its inaccurate as hell, too

[@BaconMaken]

Disney should get on that. They already made one for the Inca Empire.

[@Saikhnaaaaa]

Aztec dude: “Congrats on opening up a school! How should we name this fine institution of learning and development?” Another Aztec dude: “THE HOUSE OF TEARS!!!”

[@MaylocBrittinorum]

Well, it's accurate...

[@deadeye9439]

yup that's how college universities are named in Aztec times

[@DarkwaveMistress]

The ancestors were wise 😂

[@yaujj65]

The guy who opened the school must be an ex soldier

[@novvain495]

This comment needs more likes

[@corki9930]

Is no one else going to mention the really cute artwork done for the children? Like, big props to the artist who did them!

[@InvictaHistory]

The artist is Beverly Johnson and she does fantastic work

[@stormelemental13]

@@InvictaHistory Thanks for letting us know!

[@LensMega]

same

[@dancidchen]

@@InvictaHistory looks like disney's Big Hero 6

[@CarlosGraOca]

They're sooo adorable!

[@andrewvillafuerte5590]

Here in the Philippines, we also have a belief that if you stepped over a child then their growth will be stunted. To reverse it, you must step over backwards. Maybe we inherited it from Mexican migrants to the Philippines during the Spanish colonization.

[@meriem7069]

Here in North Africa if you stepped over an adult he might get angry about it and be like : oh man look what you've done now I will not grow up And you'll be like : wtf man ?!you're a grown 2 meters tall man !

[@Emma-lc7cx]

In west africa to

[@meriem7069]

@@Emma-lc7cx I wonder where did this myth came from and what is its story and how it is common in Africa and South America ?!

[@kalciumsthename]

Mexico actually was ordered to 'take care' of Philippines in a way way back when we were still under the Spanish government! So maybe that's what happened.

[@aysenur6761]

That's weird... I am an Anatolian and even our elders have that belief, there is also a similar belief of powerful gaze of "some people" which is called "nazar" (evil eye). For example "It has been a strengly tough week, I guess nazar touched me".

[@samiai8905]

"House of Tears', Yeah that's a good name for a school

[@Iggy_Plush]

The Aztec dude who came up with "house of tears" is a fucking genius

[@scotandiamapping4549]

Yes, it is very accurate

[@LovePinku6]

I guess someone stepped over me as a child and never stepped back--

[@lizzychrome7630]

I'm pretty sure someone stepped ON me. My head, specifically.

[@mirusama7045]

What I find surprising is that we have the exact same superstition in Poland. My grandma always forbade my brothers to step over me. Pity they didn't listen 😂

[@kenishinobi666]

Same

[@user-gv6ku2bj7p]

That blew my mind because that is an oral tradition in my family (latino) never knew where it came from until now

[@derranlawston4052]

Miru Sama in the US where I live, we say if you step over someone’s LEGS they stop growing

[@dariustiapula]

A sacrifice a day. Keeps the apocalypse at bay.

[@virym.9638]

Loved it!!!

[@jsmith4liberty]

Reminds me of EU4 or CK2 for some reason...

[@motherofoblivion7497]

Hahahahahaha

[@dariustiapula]

@Cullen Mitchell Oh they did. But instead of their Jesus equivalent. Its Thanos or Bison.:P

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

@@dariustiapula tatanka?

[@lion2535]

crazy how alot of these customs are still seen in mexico

[@citlalliir]

especially the standards parents have for either children

[@IsabellaSOrtiz]

not really crazy, it's part of them still

[@we1are1nemesis]

we still see other schools as rivals

[@m.rsoda-can1868]

at least they don't use those methods of punishment I have never been hit with la CHANKLA but It is probably almost as bad a belt.

[@lion2535]

M.R Soda-Can nah i feared the belt more than la chankla.

[@hyacinthlover9370]

1:44 WHAT lmao “Hello, my name is Petunia and this is my brother, Shirt.”

[@Aphelia.]

"and this is my cousin, pants."

[@Aphelia.]

@ZaqueHunzahua mine is either meaning 'yellow flower' or 'homeland'-- what about yours?

[@esppupsnkits4560]

「 Heaphilian 」 mine means farmer

[@ninjaked1265]

My last name means “Dark Invader” and I’m white

[@VaneyRio]

The most common one is "Xochitl" which means just flower. Or you can go hardcore route and call your child "Cempaxuchitl" which means flower of death. Mexican names are badass

[@haperawehiwehi8661]

I love how nobles and elites were given more punishment than commoners. Nowadays the opposite is true in most developed nations.

[@arturogonzalez-barrios8206]

Drinking was outlawed, unless you were a warrior or an elderly person who had earned it. The punishment to nobles for being drunk in public was execution. Quite harsh, but it's because that is how the elites justified their status, they were "better" in all regards than the commoners.

[@gustano123]

@@arturogonzalez-barrios8206 aristocrats in the original sense of the word, indeed.

[@donteventry2862]

In more developed nations there is no school separation (fffinland)

[@Caio-sw7hh]

in most developed countries elites are treated better than commoners, in developing countries the elites dont even get punishment lol

[@otakujiji]

Many years later, on the same land, Mexican politicians straight up commit crimes and are never punished

[@chrissomeone2642]

5:11 you know ur Mexican when ur mom toasts chili and everyone in the house starts coughing

[@seniorsqueakers9537]

XD True

[@UnknowNod32]

Or even: you know you're a mexican when they're toasting chilli and you don't even cough a little

[@vadanarodriguez4623]

chris someone lol

[@cthulhutentacles4994]

chris someone since the days of the ancients

[@aidenoliver1681]

Yessssss Lmaoo

[@gabriellathewise]

“The midwife greeted the infant with a long speech warning of the sorrows and dangers of life” I see I got my emo-ness from the Aztec part of my heritage

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Same

[@zimriel]

The joke I heard is that if Mexico ever takes Texas back they'll make Morrissey write the new state anthem :^x

[@amaliasilva7518]

Wholesome fact: Aztecs believed in Chichihuanauco, a place where Aztec babies went if they died. The Chichihuanauco was a valley with a huge bush with breasts hanging from its branches, so the babies could feed themselves.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Uh... Okay

[@kingdmind]

Is it coincidental that the word sounds like chihuahua?

[@elenaravenclaw9276]

@@MASTEROFEVIL if you can’t handle something as simple as that you shouldn’t be on here

[@thelanktheist2626]

That’s very weird… but very sweet.

[@All_Your_Fandom_Needs]

@@elenaravenclaw9276 what do you mean? They just simply replied to the comment as a normal person would. Plus the internet is for everyone, what do you mean they shouldn't be here?

[@gilbertotoledo1421]

I was expecting a great video, but I didn't expect it to blow my mind the way it did. I was born in a rural part of Mexico. When I was born, my grandmother buried my umbilical cord in the middle of a field. I always wondered why, my grandmother always said that you're supposed to, it's tradition. When I saw the umbilical cord thing in the video it blew my mind. I got chills. Also the mouse hole thing is still done, though in a modified form. Traditionally the tooth faerie concept doesn't exist in Mexico. Instead we have a tooth mouse. When I was a child, my father told me to make a wish on the tooth and leave the tooth in the trash or outside. From there the tooth would be taken by a mouse who would somehow grant my wish eventually. That last part is really vague on details but that's how it went. My cousins and friends were told very similar things. Also for us the man on the moon is actually a rabbit. Lol

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

That's some good native culture!

[@abrahamcorona420]

Dude i always found it wired that white people had a fairy and mexicans had a a mouse it all makes sense now

[@rgw4393]

A tooth mouse is so much less creepy than a tooth fairy

[@abrahamcorona420]

@@rgw4393 one is tinker bell for kids the other is a mouse we are taught to kill on sight

[@jorgeo1492]

wow that sounds really interesting, de donde eres bro?

[@yaelthesnail]

The Aztecs had an incredibly polite society, which emphasized respect, politeness, conscientiousness, and humility. To the modern person, this may seem at odds with their practice of routine human sacrifice. But we must bear in mind that they didn't commit these acts out of sadism. They genuinely believed, with all their hearts, that the world would end if they did not do it. It's easy for us to judge them harshly, but -- lest we forget -- Europeans at this exact point in time would go on to kill tens or even hundreds of thousands of people as suspected witches. And up to a million people for being Albigensian heretics. Also done in the name of the greater good, by genuinely pious people.

[@Shinzon23]

Still doesn't mean I'm shedding a tear that the people they'd been waging war on for sacrifice banded together after the Spanish had done their thing and wiped them out...

[@yaelthesnail]

@@Shinzon23 Sure. But we can mourn the loss of their culture and identity. The Spanish, as we know, proved to be far harsher overlords than the Aztecs ever were.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

@@Shinzon23 Common myth. They were never wiped out at all. When the Mexica empire fell. Many of the natives that allied to the Spanish were granted the Crown citizenship and rights. They were absorbed into a new society. Their culture was somehow preserved with oral tradition and practices, despite many attempts to extinguish it.

[@smokeyjoe4884]

It seems that the Aztec were much more advanced than the Europeans, I mean the Europeans wouldn't wash their babies in fear of disease and would force 12 year olds into marriage.

[@yaelthesnail]

@@smokeyjoe4884 They were more advanced in some key ways than Medieval Europeans, to be sure. But not more than the Romans at their peak. If the Aztecs had had access to iron and large beasts of burden, they may have even equaled the Romans. But alas, they did not. What they achieved with stone and pure human labor is nothing short of extraordinary, however.

[@victreebeloverlord1185]

"Any lost teeth would be cast into mouse holes" Mice: Yo wth

[@ember1901]

Mice be like this isn't food

[@_Executor_]

In México we don't have the "tooth fairy", instead we got the "ratón de los dientes."

[@nikkim7038]

@@_Executor_ SO THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED THAT

[@kity1081]

"Dayum this shit crunchy"

[@theasianboy315]

That's why Jerry left Mexico and settled in USA

[@nebeskisrb7765]

"Stepping over a child will stunt their growth so you must step back to undo the effect"

[@yannak.3894]

It's a thing in Brazil too!

[@parizahra5682]

It’s a thing in Pakistan too!

[@cheeserabbit8564]

Same here on the Navajo Nation in the US.

[@correctionguy7632]

where the hell did this come from?

[@BritishJamaican777]

Same in Jamaica too!

[@katiekawaii]

"At 7 years old, boys finally put on a dang breechcloth." Hahaha

[@Morgai-Fly]

Stepping over children causing a stunting of growth also seems to be a belief in Bengali culture. It's amazing how strange beliefs can be shared across the world and across ages.

[@ttuliorancao]

We have the same superstition here in Brazil

[@Morgai-Fly]

Perhaps it's universal. Either many cultures came up with this strange belief or more impressively, this is a pre-historic belief. I can't imagine people holding the same beliefs for tens of thousands of years (if you believe in the Bering land bridge theory) from a time before the old world had been separated from the new. But if that is the case, it would be incredible.

[@manooxi327]

in N.Africa as well!

[@segundonoacco3164]

@@Morgai-Fly Miguel Serrano has awnsers for you, but, you know, his words are nearly illegal for those that rule the world today, so im not going to say much else.

[@misseli1]

zen yatta The bit about ritualistic bathing of newborns reminded me of the infant baptism in certain Churches. Which is interesting considering that (european) Christians did not come into contact with Mesoamericans until the 1400s-1500s

[@TheDinosaur900]

Growing up as an Aztec boy seems very similar to growing up as an Spartan child given their mandatory military service starting at a young age. Very intriguing video as always.

[@Jorora]

Well both their cultures were bent on war and conquest so it makes sense they’d develop those sorts of traditions

[@spencerstevens2175]

@@Jorora Spartans were a greek vassal. Hardly conquering anything in their name. The aztecs were also notrious dickheads to their neighbors. Which is why it was so easy for the spanish to take them out with so few spaniards. They just asked the neighboring tribes if they wanted the Aztecs gone and of course they were happy to help!

[@areeortiz]

My family has roots from the Mixteca culture in Oaxaca. My great grandmother used to punish my grandfather with the chili pepper’s smoke. He said it felt like suffocating and like he was going to choke. He hated it so much that whenever we needed to cook something that involved roasting hot peppers, he would leave the house and come back after the smoke was gone.

[@KarlSnarks]

Poor grandpa, got traumatized by the abuse. Interesting that the tradition remained so long after the erradication/genocide of that Aztec culture.

[@elizabethwarren9612]

I will say that the pepper roasting never went away but it isn't used as punishment anymore it's just to cook salsas and other things but still hurts

[@jennifermorales19]

@@elizabethwarren9612 On god. I knew when they came out, I had to open all the windows and get far away from the kitchen as possible lmfaoo. That was rough so I can't imagine how bad it must be to deal with that as a punishment.

[@elizabethwarren9612]

@@jennifermorales19 probably as bad as getting burned at the stake

[@amberj-ly517]

Wait chili pepper roasting is punishment? 🙃 it happens like every other week at my house cause we make salsa. I guess we became high tolerance passing from generation that at this point; it’s just like oh no chiles are roasting open the windows and doors 😂😂

[@brycevo]

7 Years commando. Wow

[@An_Ian]

They are founding members of the No Pants Society or NPS for sort

[@anthonyfox585]

I mean that's pretty much like how I used to be lol

[@jordandehart6905]

My former neighbors kid never wore a short or leggings until he was like, 8.

[@MiguelAlejandroVF]

The Aztecs were truly a free society.

[@jasminea11hh]

Lmfaooo😭❤️

[@dcaffeine1854]

Just imagine Aztec school life in the form of an 80's highschool sports movie

[@clarerodri8080]

DAC The Poissons Kuzcos Animated Series

[@claudiostudios9002]

Yo, where’s my friend Shirt? He got grounded, his funeral is tomorrow *laughs in the background* Anyway, let’s go fight against the other school

[@danielmiller2357]

@@claudiostudios9002 that puts a surprising and morbid spin to the term, "grounded".

[@doncarlin9081]

Actually not a bad idea 🤔

[@Gr95dc]

a bloody movie

[@tbe9790]

*another tooth falls into hole Mouse: "WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS????"

[@ValYourFav]

uh the tooth fairy mouse exists.

[@tepichimazate]

I'm so proud of being Mexican/Indigenous Aztec

[@marthamacias4046]

Same

[@dealwithittv9049]

Same

[@hellothere3610]

@King Stego I wdym even tho they are mexican their proud of their aztec ancestry they didnt say being aztec was the best

[@analien7582]

King Stego I first they didn’t say Aztec was the best and second they never said that every Mexicano was Aztec,stop jumping to conclusions

[@user-lu4xp7iv8c]

King Stego I they never said it was the best lmao they just said they’re proud of who they are

[@bluewingsprite]

As a Mexican, I thank you for this beautiful description of one of the cultures that came before

[@dagoobertron]

wheres the ritual punishment of the chancla?

[@sabercat5490]

@@dagoobertron lmao

[@therealone4113]

@Zoingo what the 3/4?

[@bnbcraft6666]

I have friend at my welding school whose almost 100% Native Mexican and how his grandparents live in a Native village in southern Mexico

[@victorhernandeztriana5311]

Rob Roux I agree with everything but the Lebanese part. I’m from northern zacatecas and my dna is 60% Native 33% Europe and 7% African. I don’t believe there is significant Lebanese dna anywhere in Mexico.

[@FreedomRuless]

Lvl 1 commoner... Lvl 100 Elite Jaguar Warrior

[@creamofthecrop4339]

That's how Mexica works

[@flaviusnonusaeolus6216]

That's how aztec works

[@FreedomRuless]

Lmaoo

[@damianlaughlin7063]

That's how mesoamerica works

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

That's *NOT* how mafia works. Wololo. *That's how EVERYTHING works.*

[@julians7268]

Isnt it interesting how both the Aztec and Roman civilizations saw a person's 15th birthday as important? I'm sure this extends to many other civilizations. Why is this particular age seen as special across vastly different civilizations. This, even among civilizations that had absolutely no interaction or knowledge of each other.

[@anvayad6249]

Funny this comment has 15 likes

[@Lilliathi]

Making babies was important, and 15 is about the lowest age at which a girl can start making babies without killing herself.

[@julians7268]

@@Lilliathi - I guess that could be the case. Seems to me though that if a females ability to give birth were the determining factor here that these civilizations would have selected a younger age... Didn't many civilizations associate that time with the first menstruation? IDK.

[@MegCazalet]

Julian S The average age when menarche occurs can vary a lot across history and cultures. It’s believed to be coming earlier now in modern developed countries than it has in the past, due to various biological and environmental factors. Currently we’re at around 13. I wouldn’t be surprised if 15 was closer to the average age across ancient cultures.

[@Lilliathi]

@@MegCazalet There's a difference between having your first period and having a body that can birth a child without dying in the process, especially before modern medicine. It doesn't really matter if it was later.

[@Luboman411]

My parents were both born in Guatemala. Their first names were calendar names derived from the Catholic calendar--each day has a saint in that calendar. Both my parents were named after their calendar saints--St. Filogonius for my dad, St. Odilon for my mom. I was not aware that this was a tradition that PRECEDED the Spanish conquest, that the Aztecs and the Maya both did calendar names. I'll be damned...

[@plumebrise4801]

Yeah it was a tradition across christianity ,in France ,you were always naming your child with the name of the saint associated with the day he was born ,then the 3rd Republic made a law that forced everyone to do it (Even tho everyone was already naming their child with this method) and in 1905 with the law of separation between the church and the state ,it was not obligatory anymore (But people were still doing it until after WW2) Edit : It's also because of that ,that family name were recreated in Europe (They already existed in the Roman Empire ,but disappeared after) in the XI/XIIth century ,because of growing population ,there was only 365 name (Masculine or Feminine ,but each name had another version in case the child was not of the same sex as the saint) ,with only 730 names and growing population ,it would become harder and harder to recognize people by their name ,so they took family name . The family name can be multiple type of thing that the 1st ancestor had ,the name of his father ,his jobs ,a physical characteristic ,a title etc... My family name from my father side imply that my ancestor was working on stained glass in churches and cathedrales ,and my family name from my mother side imply that my other ancestor was a city/castle guard . One of the teacher I had in my life had a family name of "Longueépée" which means "Longsword" (Ancestor was probably a knight) ,a classmate had the family name "Chevalier" which would mean "Knight" (So his was ancestor was a knight) ,one of my friend had the family name "Doré" ,which mean "Golden" (So his ancestor was probably rich ,a noble or in the gold business) ,a classmate had the family name "Gris" which mean "Grey" (So his ancestor probably liked the colour grey or lived/worked in a grey building) ,the most common family name in France are (It's the number of French people born between 1891 and 2000 to have these family name) : 1-Martin (250 013 persons have it ,it's a name ,the saint of the 11th of November ,Martin of Tours ,feminine version is Martine) 2-Bernard (131 330 ,name ,the saint of the 20th of August ,Bernard of Clairvaux ,Feminine version is Bernadette) 3-Thomas (118 331 ,name ,the saint of the 3rd of July ,Thomas the Apostle ,multiple feminine versions ,that nobody use anymore) 4-Petit (115 217 ,physical characteristic ,it means "Small") 5-Robert (112 998 ,name ,the saint of the 30th of April ,Robert of Molesmes ,feminine version is Roberta) 6-Richard (109 354 ,social condition ,it means rich) 7-Dubois (108 619 ,it mean that he live near the woods) 8-Durand (108 374 ,physical characteristic ,it means "Endurance") 9-Moreau (102 804 ,physical characteristic ,it mean that the person had brown hair) 10-Laurent (97 015 ,name ,the saint of the 10th of August ,Saint-Lawrence ,feminine version is Laurence) 11-Simon (96 397 ,name ,the saint of the 28th of October ,Simon the Zealot ,feminine version is Simone) 12-Michel (93 493 ,name ,the saint of the 29th of September Archangel Michael ,feminine version is Michelle) 13-Lefebvre (91 459 ,job ,blacksmith) 14-Leroy (87 282 ,title ,mean King ,given to the people who would win in archery competition ,especially present in the north) 15-David (76 085 ,name ,the saint of the 1st of March ,Saint David ,Davia is the feminine) 16-Roux (75 365 ,physical characteristics ,it mean red hair) 17-Morel (72 745 ,same as Moreau) 18-Bertrand (72 683 ,name ,the saint of the 6th of September ,Bertrand de Garrigues ,Bertrande is the feminine) 19-Fournier (71 996 ,Job ,baker) 20-Girard (70 039 ,name ,the saint of the 3rd of October) There are more than 1,4 Millions family name in France ,and 300 000 peoples are the last and unique holders of their family name ,

[@MatrixMami]

No shade but at 4:33 the women aren't weaving... They're grinding the corn to make tortillas :p

[@AlanHernandez-jn2mp]

Lolol true

[@James-jg7kv]

HentaiCoffee... interesting name 'PervertedCoffee'

[@ea8696]

Jamsey it says hentai not perverted

[@improbablepebble8549]

@@ea8696 it's the same tho

[@Tearyatobitz]

Jamsey it’s art!

[@motherofoblivion7497]

My step dad once told me that his grandma would physically punish him by hanging him to a tree by his feet and start a small fire to smoke him with peppers. Be glad that you can call child protective services in today's society

[@jordandehart6905]

My dads childhood punishment was apparently to be locked inside the family truck for hours. Seriously, I'm so lucky I grew up in the 90s and not the 60s.

[@motherofoblivion7497]

@@jordandehart6905 uuuuhhhh... how is being in a truck punishment?

[@enriquegarcia2790]

I was whipped with electrical wires and my mom's metal studded slutty belt when my mom was at work and my dad was pissy drunk from his friends beating him in Madden NFL,he gave a gash cut on my arm one time and made me hold it together so it would stop bleeding. I was raised by a piece of shit and kids these days cry about there dad's "missing a ball game" or "he didn't show me affection", don't get me wrong, all that sounds nice and I get jealous and depressed when I see other guys who have grate dad's that have there shit together and I have to help my old bastard out every other month when his third wife drops off his third little mistake because he didn't learn his lesson first two times not to have kids. It seems unfair to me but I guess I should be thankful for the situation, I now know how to be a better parent if I have kids and it's almost impossible to kill me.

[@catwhiskers4885]

Mother Of Oblivion um being in a car on a hot day with little room to you doesn’t sound like punishment??

[@motherofoblivion7497]

Not as bad as the dude who got whipped with an electric cable. My mom would always have a thin flexible branch handy and shed always keep it wet inside a bucket so that it wouldn't break. I still have some scars on my lower back, if i knew i could get away with shit by just being in a truck for a day I'd chose the latter XD

[@bigbawlzlebowski8886]

Growing up Aztec sounds like a reality show that should be on fox.

[@rafaelpastorramos5997]

1:55 A common example of this here is Mexico is the fact that you can still find some women named: Xochilt It literally means flower

[@gabval81]

Itzel, Ixchell, Citlali, Ilayali, Nayeli.

[@vinny9868]

"15 birthday was an important one" Ah yes. Let the quinceañera begin!

[@isabelgonzalez862]

Vinny yess!

[@amaliasilva7518]

Que empiece el guateque 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@lude1350]

Raini Rodriguez 😍😍

[@slave7022]

"School rivalries were a thing" lol, they still are.

[@skidadleghostidadle1726]

house of tears... some things just havent changed

[@jacobfinch9563]

The Aztec childhood seems very Greek, except less *ahem* "Eros" with the boys

[@cherr6932]

You got me wheezing 😂😂😂😂😂👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@BaconMaken]

I've seen people refer to them as the Spartans of Native Americans.

[@youngking2503]

@@BaconMaken You should check out the Chickasaw. They're called the Spartans of the Mississippi

[@JamesPeach]

@@BaconMaken The Aztec were like a mix between Spartan and Athenian.

[@annarchy200]

Oh..... oh I just got that.... now I can't stop laughing.

[@stahppls2293]

So you're telling me, the itching powder from Kronk's new groove is historically accurate?

[@noxaurum1]

Kronk's New Groove is actually what the midwives had the babies watch to prepare them for the challenges of life

[@Tokuijin]

Actually, that movie is in Peru. They were culturally similar in some ways but not by much

[@toastychaos5219]

That movie is located on peru, aztecs and mayans are from mexico all the way up to central america, so no, it's not historically accurate

[@caciqueloko6500]

Kronk is Inca is not related with astecs or mayas

[@mohammadhijazi4498]

Growing up in the Middle East we also had the belief that if you so over a child it'd stunt their growth and that you'd must stop back to undo it. It's weird that it's an Aztec thing too

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

Middle East and Meso America have many strange similarities. Invention of complex mathematical concepts and building of pyramids for example.

[@Arwyroe]

@@farticlesofconflatulation the middle east didn't build pyramids... Nubian and Egyptians did

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

Arwyroe middle east as a cultural region not precisely constrained by geographic area.

[@Arwyroe]

@@farticlesofconflatulation that's literally what I'm suggesting against... If by the middle East, Egypt wasn't Arabic at that time... The culture of pyramid building for funerals is endemic within that area and South of it only. It's not Arabic, nor middle Eastern as it shares these traits with neither that culture nor the region.

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

Arwyroe we can argue semantics but where’s the fun in that?

[@XillowLinoue]

We have this "step over" habit also in Haitian culture. There is also that mindset of if someone pass a broom over your feet consciously or accidentally, you'll never get married.

[@yourfavorite7518]

Their learning system makes so much sense. Learning basic life skills in their early life. And the learning the other stuff later. It just makes a lot of sense.

[@sarcasm-aplenty]

Some old dude: **steps over a baby** Parent of baby:"Oí, oí, oí, don't step over the baby!"😤 SOD:😨"Oh, sorry." **Takes a step backwards** **glances at bab-** Parent: "Hey, don't stare at my child!"😡 SOD: 😓😵

[@magtovi]

Believe it or not, that "staring superstition" is still a big thing in rural Mexico.

[@ember1901]

My mom is puerto rican and even she is superstitious when it comes to stepping over a baby while their playing on the floor she like "ay no no you can't do that stepping over the baby will stunt their growth now you must walk backwards over them but don't fall or anything you don't want literally hurt them"

[@yoongi7854]

lol staring at a baby gives mal ojo ive seen my mom help babies that have thag like she helped my sister and on me and on other babies and she says i would do it to my future children too

[@gatogordo2197]

Many of my relatives still believe that you should not stare at a child.

[@LangkeeLongkee]

I'm South American and we still do the walking over the child thing haha. Also if you sweep someone's foot with a broom they won't they won't get married.

[@Redgoo2]

Someone out there there's a family of mice with wonderfully white teeth

[@GlowstoneWolf]

those teeth are heirlooms now

[@cflo1386]

Lmao

[@Cloverfr]

Fun fact: In Latin America there is not tooth fairy, it is a mouse that recolects the teeth, and now I can see why is like that.

[@elizavetadevyatko2396]

Cloverfr I’m from Russia and we have it too! I now see that it, somehow, came to us from Latin America

[@JamesSolterre]

@@Cloverfr Quit your bullshit!

[@tommyt390]

"Acrid smoke of burning chili peppers" oml the original strict abusive parents 😂

[@gabriellathewise]

Mexicans still do calendar names and personal names, but our calendar name is the name of the saint who’s feast day was on our birth. And the calendar name isn’t on official forms, but family knows it.

[@Spookspek]

I wonder how their civilization would have developed if they had somehow managed to isolate themselves like Japan...

[@seribelz]

more anime maybe

[@diegojimenez6975]

seribelz nah anime developed after ww2 cause economic depression

[@MVangelmx]

They were getting there.

[@aaaav7694]

90% of the population would have still died after first contact with the old world so they are pretty much screwed anyway.

[@Neverseenstars]

@@aaaav7694 they are still here so that would not have happened. 30% of Mexicans are almost 100% Indigenous. That's millions of people still around.

[@exceedinc]

Some of these customs are still used in modern days for Mexica (not Aztec) children growing up. Many of our customs have been handed down, I recall my late grandmother speaking to me about our culture in Nahuatl. The culture is still very much alive.

[@Jorora]

That’s awesome bro! I wish more of us Mexicans spoke Nahuatl but even these customs were passed on to those of us who only know Spanish. A lot of people in Guatemala still speak a bunch of Mayan dialects but we usually just have to settle for having a Spanish that has a lot of nahuatl sprinkled in

[@KazuDiabolis]

“Greeting the infant with a long speech warning of the sorrows and dangers of life” they were so real for this

[@_98s]

Im really loving all these Aztec videos you’ve been making, you should make videos on other Mesoamerican people and North American natives

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

That good native heritage man, gotta keep teaching it it will disappear

[@Jade-ep7qg]

Aztecs are native Americans... where do you think Mexico is lol

[@TheSparrowBatman]

Jade Hale I think they meant North American Native Americans, unless they meant more native tribes of South America like the Incas or Mayans. *shrugs* That's my guess though.

[@Jade-ep7qg]

TheSparrowBatman Aztecs are North Americans. Mexico is in North America 😂😂 plus Aztec culture is found in other tribes from the US as well sooooo

[@TheSparrowBatman]

Jade Hale Okay, let me start again, since apparently I can't get past a brain fart today, other than Aztec tribes, like Navajo, Cheerokee, etc. in North America or Southern American tribes like Mayan and the Inca. But again, I'm not sure which ones they are referring too, so beats me.

[@FreedomRuless]

My desire for Mesoamerican content has been met once again 😩❤️

[@danielpincu6030]

I hope he continues it. TedX had one but they stopped making it.

[@FreedomRuless]

Yeah I hope he branches off into the Maya, Inca, and Muisca

[@theariana1o1]

Brother: lays on floor Me: steps over him Mom: HEY DON'T DO THAT HE WON'T GROW

[@kneegga4677]

Boy, I was 23 when I finally started to go to the "mercado" alone, my ancestors must be disappointed

[@jonathangonzalez1271]

Wow this was amazing! as a Mexican who is working on a fantasy novel with prehispanic elements you have done me a great favor with elements to spice the world

[@pisces2569]

What’s it about?

[@superash4u578]

Please let us know more when this book comes out! I'll read and review ❤️

[@hat880]

Yes...would love to read it

[@aaaav7694]

You should read Aztec by Gary Jennings, a lot of info from an academic converted into an historic novel

[@Jobe-13]

Jonathan Gonzalez Cool!

[@tanostrelok2323]

Aztecs were by far the most interesting civilization on the Americas, it's nice to see something to expand the picture we have of them.

[@tanostrelok2323]

@Cegesh They deserve some attention too, their mountain agriculture was awesome for their time. Considering they conquered a good chunk of land I'd expect them to have a solid military, although I don't know as much about it as I'd like.

[@Reaper136Killer]

Tano Strelok mayans

[@MVangelmx]

The Mayas were too

[@Someone-mm5es]

@@theboyntonbuddies they weren't killing people because they were sadist, they thought the world would burn and end if they didnt. It's the same thing with christians killing witches and heretics.

[@Falco561]

Cegesh i think the aztecs and mayans are more interesting. Actually, everything that relates to mexico’s past civilizations such as the olmecs, toltecs, aztecs, mayans. Astronomy, vast agriculture, their structures that were built the size of present day mexico city, pyramids, their beliefs, mythology ect. Mexico and the many mesoamerican countries are great for this.

[@USNavyVet_STG]

3 minutes in, and I saw many parallels to my child hood. Some things never change.

[@purplespeckledappleeater8738]

Whenever I hear of everyday life as an Aztek, they seemed pretty happy and the kind of upbringing described in this video sounded very similar to how I was raised.

[@LandelRey]

2:38 so that's where "mal de ojo" comes from

[@amaliasilva7518]

When I was born, mi Moma clinged a small red ribbon to my onesie, for preventing the mal de ojo.

[@brycevo]

I really like this Growing Up Series

[@Iluvrocket]

I’m surprised at the many common values we share. After you talked about school rivalries, I immediately desired a shonen anime set in ancient Mesoamérica! 😂

[@teodoramarkova3510]

This video was a complete delight. So much details at times, wonderful artwork and the narrative was great also.

[@manuelramirez-qd2mz]

Women were also able to pursue careers other than the home or religious services. They were judges, craftswomen, lawyers, porters, traders, etc. Great video by the way.

[@OverseerMoti]

@Hoàng Nguyên Maybe it was exactly why, considering the social norms Spain had back then.

[@aleale6277]

Never heard of it, source?

[@jerry250ify]

@Hoàng Nguyên yeah, lets just ignore the thousands of people killed in human sacrifice every year. Fuck off you absolute mongs Conqistator Cortez, do it again!

[@DarkwaveMistress]

@@jerry250ify lol that's an exaggeration. All the city states of Mesoamerica together wouldn't have been able to provide thousands of sacrifices. That's just invader propaganda.

[@manuelramirez-qd2mz]

One book for some sources is, "1491" by Charles C. Mann.

[@Cythil]

Always nice to see the daily life of cultures be explored more. There tend to be way to much focus on wars and great men in history. Why I am sure a lot of people feel that history is just memorizing dates. But history is so much more. And I feel we can often learn more from the daily lives of people in the past then we do for there battles.

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

History should be a narrative of Life and Virtue and Love, not sorely of Power and Battles which poisoned us in a lot of ways( look at you U.S and Russia).

[@emmym9276]

The cultures of indigenous Mexicans are so interesting and full of rich history. It makes me proud knowing I'm descended from these people and sad that the Europeans tried to erase it all.

[@AngelHernandez-zl5yr]

@Michelle machismo? Lol mexicas forbidden their wives from basically every activity, they were only allowed to stay at home, cooking, make clothing and teach younger women to do so Maybe if they were lucky they could work as healers

[@Desco51]

Literaly no, spaniards tried to conserve as much of the culture as they could, probably half of the information of this video was taken from a spanish book explaining how they lived. Other exemples are the translation books of native languages and the encyclopedias written in native languages.

[@seabass5082]

@@Desco51What? Gold, God, Glory. Spaniards came and took over the people and forced them to their religion. You are so wrong my guy

[@Desco51]

@@seabass5082 That is indeed false, the spaniards just made Catholicism atractive to the natives using the fact that most of the native population was freed from other imperialistic tribes (the Aztec empire being the most representative) and telling them that god gave them the strength to defeat its slavers. Most of the native population wanted to join cristianism by themselves, and for those who won't, they were allowed to have their own beliefs. By the way the phrase Gold, God, Glory is not spaniard at all and it doesn't make sense in Spanish (Oro, Dios, Gloria).

[@seabass5082]

@@Desco51 Hmmm actually I was wrong. Some did convert by their own will and some were forced. And tbh I said it in english because I kinda assumed you speak english but you understood what I meant either way. soar.wichita.edu/bitstream/handle/10057/2112/LAJ%202007_70-83.pdf

[@LynnieLovey]

I love this series so much!! Honestly some of the best content in KZbin. Thank you for all the time you put into these, it really shows.

[@alexbenavidez4500]

"At 7 years old, boys finally put on a dang breechcloth" Lmao. What was wrong with the commando style? Probs a lot comfier in the hot climate

[@queent1383]

I expected them to start wearing pants once they hit puberty honestly

[@IIDESPERAD0II]

High elevation. Not hot up here in Mexico City. Lows around 1 or 2 degrees.

[@magtovi]

Ding ding ding. This!

[@intiorozco5063]

It can be quite chilly in Mexico City. It's 2250 m high. That's why I always wonder if they had warmer clothing, since we always see pics of Aztecs wearing nothing more than loincloths and capes.

[@hannaha8062]

It’s not that hot dude, the mexicas were far from living in a dessert

[@declanm6887]

Could you do a growing up video about children in medieval Europe? In cultures such as the Norse, the Anglo-Saxons and late medieval Christian societies, it would be interesting to see a video on growing up.

[@itstriplem2069]

would be very interesting

[@danielpincu6030]

Rome

[@cometmoon4485]

...Because there isn't enough discussion about Christian Europe in the world.

[@animalobsessed1]

@@cometmoon4485 That's right. People only ever talk about them killing each other, as if that's the only thing they ever did.

[@spelcheak]

@@cometmoon4485 There isn't.

[@macgherhardt1061]

Thank you for this video! I'm 50% native Mexican and my ancestors include Zapotec, Chichimec, Huastec, and Aztec. You can really tell the character of the Mexican people has been constant for centuries, even after colonization. It was a very strong character that influenced whoever got in touch with it. It happens today, Mexico influences all of Latin America and Spain (not to mention the U.S.). I think that it happened 500 years ago, because the Spaniards then, wrote with great admiration of the Mexica culture, cities, language (of course they hated the human sacrifice and warlike skills), and I think that a lot of Mexican ways made their way back to Spain, and by extension, to other parts where the Spaniards went: South America, Africa, South Asia, Philippines, Guam. It is no wonder that the tomato, avocado, chocolate and chillies made their way throughout the world. This is only a guess, except for the food, everybody knows these originated in Mexico; but I think that the world's cultures today are a total mix, and there is no such thing as a "pure" culture.

[@marthaalcala5034]

This blew my mind. I was born in Zacatecas Mexico and was raised there for most my life. When I was little my older sibling would step over me and joke around saying I would grow anymore, at the time I thought it was a serious thing.

[@siveheart1]

My maternal grandmother's family is originally from Zacatecas. It's amazing how small the world is at times.

[@spellwing777]

thank you for this series. It's INVALUABLE for anyone wanting to write a believable story that is based on historical societies. Showing the day-to-day events that a complex society is built on adds depth to writing I couldn't otherwise construct on my own.

[@frankcruz8725]

And I thought “la chancla” was bad

[@christinabarajas4692]

I got a belt.... My mom and dad whould whip me with it when ever I was bad or arguing my dad would literally stop the car to whip me and my brother if we were fighting in a trip

[@asteriasheria2053]

Honest it never hurt me when my mom would hit me with a shoe, so my aunt use a tree branch.

[@Zeldafan1ify]

"Mijo, la chancla es para los bebes, back in my day, it was the dreadful chili PEPPER SMOKE" - ancient grandmother

[@aquariusvibe7851]

Hahahhaha

[@s.b.8258]

My mom used whatever was at hand, even wooden spoons.

[@tammysully12news]

I am thoroughly enjoying this series! I cant wait to see what's next!

[@MrJustintreat]

Found your channel today, I haven't been able to stop watching. Thank you for the content.

[@kassyyar97]

Thank you so much! As a prehispanic history enthusiast I really am glad with the accuracy of the information you’ve given, it gave me so many flashbacks of what it was like to study Aztec history in my library Muchas gracias!

[@Krisenaa]

I'm actually surprised by how lenient their punishments were, and how late they started school and training. When I think of civilizations like these, I expect everything to be extremely harsh. Though society is probably harsher in practice than the idealized theory. You never know what's going on inside a family's four walls.

[@LashknifeTalon]

I think it's actually quite fascinating that all the punishments were WORSE for the aristocrats than for the commoners; like in the mock battles. If you're a commoner, you get itchy powder rubbed all over you. If you're a noble, you get STABBED. Kind of drives home a "we expect great things from you in exchange for your power" lesson. ...kind of the opposite of how things are today in many societies.

[@Krisenaa]

Yeah, it sounds really impressive, though, knowing human nature, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of nobles somehow managed to pull threads to get away from it.

[@jordandehart6905]

I know, right? I've been interested in the Aztec civilizations my entire life, and while I knew they had lots of sophisticated stuff (especially medical and architectural), I never knew the day-to-day society was like this. I guess I always pictured historical figures as larger than life characters, that sometimes I forget we've always been human. Fascinating stuff.

[@teoxihuitl2007]

@@jordandehart6905 if you love Mexica culture why not visit Central mexico most of our Culture comes from them or you could also visit a Nahuatl villgae near Mexico city

[@extrarradioghetto]

sure and the police and politicians are supposed to get harsher punishments too and we all know that is bullshit

[@Blu_Maryze]

This is your latest video about it, so first I want to thank you for doing these videos so detailed about Aztec culture!! I am extremely heartwarmed, as these are things I wasn't aware about even though I live in the country all of this took place back then. Thank you very much for doing this!!! I am extremely grateful and extremely happy as well

[@jessicanell3253]

Please do a lot more like this! I'd love to see more of how people lived back then!

[@mariadumitru3962]

2:49 In Romania, we have this superstition as well. I was laughing at my little cousing the other day for believing that she would stay small because I had stepped over her.

[@ye2120]

zau? n-am auzit niciodata de asta

[@GalacticLebensraum]

It's the same in Portugal!

[@spoorthi_k]

In India too!

[@Humberto4790]

So this is why my mom was so accurate when throwing her chancla at me.

[@kingbura8364]

The fear that stepping over a child would stunt their growth was also prevalent in my culture as well. I’m part of the Zulu people in South Africa btw...

[@vojinvmilojkovic7622]

I am hyped and curious to ask of you to do more of those on different cultures and nations from the past! genius,informative, interesting and abode else educational ♥

[@Etceterotic]

I clicked this video because I recognized Beverly’s art. Oh gosh, she’s so amazing!!!

[@maxpark1339]

why are the cheeks so red?

[@Engifarting456]

i clicked for a jojo reference

[@cdralda]

"teeth thrown into mouse holes"? Is this where the "ratoncito perez" myth comes from?

[@ethanwall2443]

Hmm tell me of this story

[@cdralda]

Tiger Claw252 It’s basically, the Spanish/Latin American version of the “Tooth fairy” From where I’m from, we throw our milk teeth into the roof of our houses. The myth says that a little mouse called Perez comes to collect them later. I’m assuming that the connection between teeth and mice comes from pre-Colombian days, and the Spanish just adopted it.

[@MaylocBrittinorum]

In Spain we also have that tradition, but we leave the teeth under a pillow so during the night the Ratoncito Pérez will take it, leaving money or some small toy instead. Funny to see that an Aztec tradition may be behind that.

[@LuisAldamiz]

It also exists in Spain, sure, but it may have originated in Mexico. At least that's my suspicion after watching this video.

[@LuisAldamiz]

I'm looking up those myths and seem quite modern. El Ratoncito Pérez is first attested as a tale written for King Alfonso XIII, then a kid, in 1894, the Tooth Fairy is not attested as such before 1908. However vaguely similar legends and traditions did exist since at least the age of Vikings. Hmmm... the legend of Le Petite Souris (the little she-mouse) is extremely similar to that of both the Tooth Fairy and Ratoncito Pérez (but surely more to the latter), it is French and is documented from the 17th century.

[@serenity2010sh]

This is really thought out and put together. Thank you your taking the time to research these video.

[@pronak4410]

The stretching ceremony is still a traditional 'medical' procedure here in Mexico. When my mom was pregnant, my middle little sister was "head up" and my neighbor, a sobadora (from the noun 'sobar'/to rub), basically turned her upside down, so she could "be birthed"(???) without issues.

[@kinglouiev9530]

How they grow up in Fatimid Egypt? Tang China? Byzantine Empire? Feudal Japan? Al Andalus? Medieval Scandinavia? Tibetan Empire?

[@GY-bd9bo]

The Aztecs did not ever venture into any of those places.

[@nathankuszewski4579]

GY1415 nice one

[@kinglouiev9530]

GY1415 I know the Aztecs didn’t have the horse or the ship to travel to those places but I wanna see how people grew up in other cultures.

[@Jobe-13]

King Louie V Yeah. I’d love to see episodes of those too.

[@Someone-mm5es]

@@GY-bd9bo Never heard of the The Sunset invasion? Clearly you are brainwashed

[@connorgolden4]

I love this channel.

[@Karinukes]

Thank you for this! I love learning about my culture and I can’t wait to one day pass it down to my family

[@ahunter9503]

Thank you for uploading these x